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Dr. Eman El Eter

Renal Clearance. Dr. Eman El Eter. Concept of clearance. Clearance is the volume of plasma that is completely cleared of a substance each minute. Example: Renal clearance of Substance X is defined as the ratio of excretion rate of substance X to its concentration in the plasma:

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Dr. Eman El Eter

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  1. Renal Clearance Dr. Eman El Eter

  2. Concept of clearance Clearance is the volume of plasma that is completely cleared of a substance each minute. Example: Renal clearance of Substance X is defined as the ratio of excretion rate of substance X to its concentration in the plasma: CX = (UX X V)/ PX

  3. Clearance Equation • CX = (UX X V)/ PX • CX = Renal clearance (ml/min) • UX X V = excretion rate of substance X • UX = Concentration of X in urine • V = urine flow rate in ml/min Amount of substance excreted = (filtered – reabsorbed + secreted) Ux V = GFR x Px ± Tx

  4. What is the importance of renal clearance? To quantify several aspects of renal functions: • rate of glomerular filtration • Rate of blood flow • Assess severity of renal damage • Tubular reabsorption. • Tubular secretion of different substances.

  5. Nephron Excretion & Clearance

  6. Nephron Excretion & Clearance Inulin A plant product that is filtered but not reabsorbed or secreted Used to determine GFR and therefore nephron function

  7. Example • if Plasma conc. of inulin = 1mg/100ml • Urinaryconc of Inulin = 120 mg /100ml • Urine flow (UV) = 1 ml /min then, the clearance of inulin will be? • C = 120 ml/min

  8. Criteria of a substance used for GFR measurement: a)freelyfiltered b)not secreted by the tubular cells, c)not reabsorbed by the tubular cells. d)should not be toxic e)should not be metabolized f)easily measurable. examples of such a substance: • Creatinine (endogenous): by-product of skeletal muscle metabolism

  9. Criteria of a substance used for GFR measurement, cont…… Inulin (exogenous): It is a polysaccharide with a molecular weight of about 5200 and it fits all the above requirements.

  10. Measurement of renal blood flow Substances used for measurement of GFR are not suitable for the measurement of Renal Blood Flow. Why? Inulin clearance only reflects the volume of plasma that is filtered and not that remains unfiltered and yet passes through the kidney. It is known that only 1/5 of the plasma that enters the kidneys gets filtered. Therefore, other substances to be used with special criteria. To measure renal blood flow we will have to measure renal plasma flow first and then from the hematocrit we calculate the actual blood flow

  11. ~ 2. amount entered = amount excreted UPAH x V ERPF = PPAH Use of PAH Clearance to Estimate Renal Plasma Flow Paraminohippuric acid (PAH) is freely filtered and secreted and is almost completely cleared from the renal plasma 1. amount enter kidney = RPF x PPAH 3. ERPF x Ppah = UPAH x V ~ 10 % PAH remains ERPF = Clearance PAH

  12. Measurement of renal plasma flow: For the measurement of renal plasma flow, we will again need a substance that is a)freely filtered b)rapidly and completely secreted by the renal tubular cells c)not reabsorbed d)not toxic e)and easily measurable Example of such substance: Para-aminohippuric acid (PAH) 90% of plasma flowing through the kidney is completely cleared of PAH.

  13. PAH clearance: example • If the concentration of PAH in the urine and plasma and the urine flow are as follows: • Conc. of PAH in urine=25.2 mg/ml • Urine flow=1.1 ml/min • Conc of PAH in arterial blood=0.05 mg/ml • Then CPAHor Renal Plasma Flow=  (25.2 x 1.1)/0.05 = 560 ML/ min

  14. How to measure renal bl flow?

  15. PAH clearance: example • If the concentration of PAH in the urine and plasma and the urine flow are as follows: • Conc. of PAH in urine=25.2 mg/ml • Urine flow=1.1 ml/min • Conc of PAH in arterial blood=0.05 mg/ml • Then CPAHor Renal Plasma Flow=  (25.2 x 1.1)/0.05 = 560 ML/ min • Lets say the hematocrit is 45%, then renal blood flow will be: (560 x 100)/(100-45)= 1018 ml/min

  16. Renal Clearance gives an indication of kidneys function.

  17. Clearance can also be used to determine renal handling of a substance. • Clearance values can also be used to determine how the nephron handles a substance filtered into it. In this method the clearance for inulin or creatinine is calculated and then compared with the clearance of the substance being investigated.

  18. Comparison of clearance of a substance with clearance of inulin 1) = inulin clearance; only filtered not reabsorbed or secreted 2) < inulin clearance; reabsorbed by nephron tubules 3) > inulin clearance; secreted by nephron tubules

  19. Calculation of tubular reabsorption or secretion from renal clearance Substances that are completely reabsorbed from the tubules (amino acids, glucose), clearance = zero because the urinary secretion is zero. Substances highly reabsorbed (Na), its clearance < 1% of the GFR. Reabsorption rate can be calculated= Filtration rate- excretion rate = (GFR X P*)-(U* X V) * The substance needed to be assessed.

  20. Calculation of tubular reabsorption or secretion from renal clearance, cont……. • If excretion rate of a substance is greater than the filtered load, then the rate at which it appears in the urine represents the sum of the rate of glomerular filtration + tubular secretion: • Secretion* = (U* X V)- (GFR X P*). • * indicate the substance

  21. Filtration fraction It is the ratio of GFR to renal plasma flow

  22. TRANSPORT MAXIMUM

  23. Glucose clearance GLUCOSE CLEARANCE The glucose clearance is zero at plasma glucose values below the threshold and gradually rises as plasma glucose rises. We can express the excretion of glucose quantitatively at plasma concentrations beyond the threshold, where the glucose reabsorption rate (Tm) has reached its maximum:

  24. TUBULAR TRANSPORT MAXIMUM • The Maximum limit/rate at which a solute can be transported across the tubular cells of kidneys is called TUBULAR TRANSPORT MAXIMUM

  25. GLUCOSE REABSORPTION • FBG=60-100 mg/dl • RBG=110-200 mg/dl Transport max 375 mg/min Renal Threshold 200mg/dl

  26. Tubular transport maximum for glucose , cont….. • Filtered Load • filtered load = GFR x [P]glucose • Reabsorption • plasma [glucose] <200 mg/dL • filtered load of glucose is completely reabsorbed • 200mg/dL < plasma [glucose] • filtered load of glucose is not completely reabsorbed • "threshold," or plasma [glucose] at which glucose is first excreted in urine • plasma [glucose] > 350 mg/dL • filtered load of glucose is not completely reabsorbed • Na+ - glucose (SGLT) cotransporters are completely saturated • maximal glucose reabsorption (Tm)

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